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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
She ruined Sum 41? I'm trying to recall when they were good enough to be ruined.
The ship has sailed for Lavigne as it's hard to pull the skater girl act when you are staring at your 30's and she's rapidly heading downward into the heaping recycle bin of aging teen stars. As for Kroeger well I have to give the man credit. He's milked his mediocre talent to epic levels of wealth and stardom. If there was ever a definition of overachiever it is Chad Kroeger.
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As much as I loathe Nickelback, as individual musicians away from their bread and butter gig they are all excellent musicians. As per your example, Chad Kroeger knows (having bothered to learn) enough about music to understand he has the vocal range (lowest to highest note sung well) of a Rubbermaid bin, and somehow found a way to carve hit after hit after hit. Why? Excellent technical composer. Outstanding, really, and as much as I loathe to admit it.
Avril Lavigne has nobody to blame but herself for not being relevant anymore. She was the right teeny-bopper act at the right time and hit it big. The great child stars who went on to have adult careers (thinking Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, among others) kept evolving and pushing themselves. She didn't. Does she even make music anymore?
I've had to drive to Hanna numerous times. The big sign that says "Proudly The Home Of Nickelback" makes me wonder if the band, with their bajillions of dollars, had ever given back to that community?